Jonty Hearnden vs Danny Sebastian - Foreign Antiques Market Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,

the show that pitches TV's

best-loved antiques experts

against each other in an all-out battle for profits.

I think I see a bargain.

Each day, one pair of duelling dealers

will face a mighty challenge.

Oh, yeah.

Putting their reputations

on the line...

Ready for battle.

..they'll give you

the insider's view of the trade...

I'm a big boy. I'm a player.

..along with their top tips

and savvy secrets...

It's not all about what you spend, it's about what you make.

..showing you how to make the most money...

-It really is war.

-..from buying and selling.

You've got to be in there like a whippet.

Coming up... Jonty makes the find of a lifetime.

This is what I've searched the world for high and low -

an etching by Salvador Dali.

Danny goes all French...

C'est bon. C'est bon. Monsieur, c'est bon.

..and one of our dealers decides, if you don't ask, you don't get.

The price tag for this is £1,200.

I think it's worth every single penny.

This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.

Bonjour, spectateurs.

Please listen very carefully.

I will say this only once.

In the beautiful town of Annecy in South Eastern France,

two mysterious antiques agents are undercover and over eager.

They've prepped hard for this assignment,

and now they're ready to spy the rarest valuables,

each prepared to do absolutely anything

to prevent the other from pulling off

a winning heist.

First up, it's an international man of mystery,

trained to the rim of his government-issue glasses.

This inside man is full of antiques intel and isn't afraid to use it.

He won't stop till he's in 00 profit heaven.

It's...

I'm going to get in there as quickly as I can

to get as many bargains as I can - right now.

His adversary is a master of disguise.

This covert chameleon has so many identities

that even he doesn't know who he is any more.

He's incognito, and in with a good chance

of making this money-making mission possible.

It's...

Keep your eye on me. I'm going to do well today.

You watch and see.

Their challenge is to bag the best French fancies,

sell them on back in Blighty

and rake in the profits for charity.

This message is about to self-destruct.

Let's hope our dealers don't.

Bonjour, young man.

-How are you?

-Very good.

What a place, hey!

-Yeah, it's nice.

-Mountains, the lake.

-Have you been to Annecy before?

-Never in my life.

I was here a long time ago.

But I seem to remember the market was quite an expensive market.

There's lots of tourists here, so beware.

-Beware!

-I tell you what.

-I speak French. I speak a bit of French. So...

-Do you?

My parents are from the Caribbean, which was a French colony,

so, I might have an advantage on you.

Hey, I'm worried already.

You better had be an' all, you better had be.

Enjoy. Spend your money wisely.

-Au revoir.

-Yes.

Au revoir. Del Boy showing off his French there.

So, both our dealers head into the market

to see what they can spend their £750-worth of euros on.

-Bonjour.

-Now Jonty's out of ear shot,

what is Danny's top secret plan of action?

My strategy today is to charm them, make them laugh,

really get in amongst them and get myself some bargains.

So, Danny is aiming to blend in with the locals

and win them over with charisma.

Eh? Very sneaky.

But, is Agent Jonty on to him already?

I'm convinced Danny is going to be

trying his sales patter on the French.

Will they understand him?

Will they get any sense out of him whatsoever?

I'm not so sure.

While he's gas-bagging, I'm going to be concentrating on my purchases.

Yes, you've got to get up earlier than that to outsmart The Hitman.

In fact, he's already fawning over his first, potential purchase.

Now this is really attractive.

This is what I like to find in French markets -

something that's a little bit unusual.

This is an Art Deco figure.

So it's made in the 1930s.

Back home, an object like this would be worth

several hundreds of pounds to the right buyer.

Now there's a bit of damage down at the bottom here,

but I think it's still worth a punt.

TRANSLATION:

That's 60 euros.

Jonty secures a 20-euro discount for the damage,

spending £34.48 on his first item.

This is my Art Deco fawn, which I bought.

And you can tell it's Art Deco

because the plinth it's standing on is very simple indeed.

Around that period of before the war, just post the war,

they produced lovely models like this here in France.

Is this a little DEAR?

I don't think so.

So, the jokes don't get any better in France, then.

Elsewhere, on the cobbled streets of Annecy,

Danny spotted an iron pestle and mortar

and thinks he could crush the competition with it.

You wouldn't have that in your kitchen, would you?

But I like it. It's quite quirky.

It's a nice, big, decorative lump.

I'm going to find out what sort of money I could buy it for.

Yes. Just how much can a rusty old pestle and mortar be?

How many?

2,000! Ow!

-200?!

-Yes.

200!

You said 2,000.

I don't speak English.

No. You're speaking it now.

So...

What's your best?

180 euros.

I've got to try and get a bit more off it than that.

Mademoiselle...

140.

I'll tell you what. I'm going to go straight in at 160

and tell them that's it.

Oui?

Oui, monsieur? Ah! C'est bon, c'est bon.

Yes.

We come to an agreement.

-Cushty.

-Mangetout, Del Boy.

Danny leaps the language barrier,

and the rather rusty kitchen crusher

is his for just under £138.

Got to be a Victorian piece this.

Absolutely fabulous - I've never seen one this big.

It's rusty and all sorts inside.

But one thing's for sure,

you're not going to be ponging any nutmegs or anything in there

that you're going to use in a dish.

It's really for decorative purposes.

There's something about it that I think everyone's going to love.

Yes, it's a must for RUST-IC food lovers.

Our spies are level-pegging on one buy each,

but Danny's not done yet.

He's got another domestic item under surveillance.

1950s, Formica sewing table.

Very nice. Beautiful legs.

The colour's not the greatest.

For retro you want vibrant, you want funky.

Had it been yellow, orange, blue, red...

Woo! I'd have been on fire.

This one's a bit of a grey, mucky green.

But the legs are nice.

So, will Danny use his French to get a good deal?

How much?

Er, papier?

No, we're back to writing numbers again.

Straight away he's put on it 90 euros.

I don't like the sound of it.

Danny tries an offer of 40 euros.

I'm starting right low on this one.

The antiques assassin strikes again.

Oh! Hang on. He's OK.

TRANSLATION:

He's put in 75 and he's said dernier prix.

I think that means that's the end of it.

It's not the end of it. I want that piece and he's got to come down.

Oui. Dernier.

-All right.

-Oh!

THEY LAUGH

60 euros.

That'll do me.

Danny finally seals the deal for just under £52

and is so happy he bursts into song.

# Oh, monsieur, monsieur, c'est bon

# C'est bon, c'est bon, monsieur, c'est bon. #

Yeah, that's enough now, thank you.

I've got myself a beautiful, continental, 1950s sewing box.

Formica-topped.

Always check there's no cracks or chips or anything,

because that devalues it quite considerably.

But this is absolutely beautiful.

Open it up. Double doors.

It's full of gear in here.

Bobbins. Vintage threads.

Bits of cloth. I'll tell you what, I've got myself a right steal here.

In fact, it's not a steal, it's not a deal.

This is the sale of the century.

Jonty, the big Hitman, I've got this one sewn up.

Indeed. With Jonty trailing behind on one buy to Danny's two,

his cool eye has settled on something

he hopes will put his competitor on ice.

This is a beautiful, silver-plated-topped ice bucket.

We've got a crystal base,

you need to check that everything here

on the underside is in good condition.

No scratches, no marks, no chips.

That's really important because it's completely unrestorable

most of the time.

You've got this lovely, silver-plated top to it.

Date-wise, 1950s, 1960s.

There's a little price tag on it, which does help me.

55 euros.

We're in the right ballpark already.

Let's see what I can get it for.

Brilliant. OK. Merci, madame.

Jonty gets a speedy 15-euro discount,

capturing the ice bucket for just over £34,

leaving The Hitman shaken and stirred.

Look at the quality in an object like this!

Wow! I just think it's going to look so cool back home.

With our dealers now neck and neck on two buys a piece,

Danny knows he'll have to go deep undercover to unearth the gems.

And with that in mind, he decides to go full French.

Bonjour, bonjour, bonjour. C'est bon, c'est bon,

c'est bon, c'est bon.

C'est bon, bon.

That should do it. With his real identity safe for now,

he's spotted something he could store

his classified documents in, and swoops.

I mean, what would this really have been used for?

It's got to be some sort of filing.

It's probably the '60s. It's plywood.

So, it's not that old but it looks well.

TRANSLATION:

Time for Danny to get his trusty pen and paper out.

-135.

-No.

140?

-140, OK.

-140, OK. Give me your hand.

We've got a deal.

Danny files away his third purchase for £120.69

and he's all fired up.

Jonty, you'd better be buying good because I'm buying brilliant.

You ain't going to stand a chance against me today, boy.

By Jove.

That takes us to the halfway mark.

Time to find out who's cracked the code and who's being reassigned.

With a £750 budget, Jonty's spent carefully so far,

investing £68.96 on two items,

leaving a healthy £681.04 in his kitty.

Danny's bought more and splashed more cash.

£310.34 on three items,

leaving a healthy £439.66 for the rest of the day.

Aye-up, Jonty, I've caught you on the move.

-Are you buying it?

-It'll remind me of you, a bit of a joker.

Hey! Just be careful what you're saying here now.

-How are you getting on?

-Good.

-Really?

-Yeah, very good.

-That's surprising.

I'll tell you what... I've got it all that you said this morning.

It's really dear here.

There's no bargains.

There's plenty of bargains here, Jonty.

There's plenty of bargains here.

What I find quite interesting,

The dealers are quite happy to do a bit of a deal.

-How many pieces have you got?

-I've got a few.

-I'm doing all right.

-Do you want to know how many I've got?

I'm not really that bothered. Go on, tell me.

I'm not going to.

HE LAUGHS

-I'll see you later.

-I'll see you later.

Our clandestine customers are keeping things on the QT,

but has Danny ruffled Jonty's feathers

more than he was letting on?

I've just seen Danny.

He's doing all right. He's buying a few things.

I'm worried, because I thought he was going to be a fish out of water.

I'd better get cracking.

I've not even covered this market and I've bought some nice bits.

You know what? Ding, ding.

Danny's round.

So, confident, Danny plunges headfirst back into the market.

And his radar soon uncovers a mysterious book.

Look!

-First edition.

-300 euros.

Is it?

That's piqued his interest, but it seems to be written in some sort

of unbreakable code.

What is it?

Latin.

No need for the portable enigma.

It's just Latin.

I've got a book they're sort of saying is a book of law.

It's about 300 years old.

It's not my field whatsoever.

In this game, you've got to take chances, you've got to take a punt.

If it's the right money, it's exactly what I'll be doing.

-How much money?

-Seven?

Seven what? Seven, oh, hold on.

-Seven euros?

-Nice try.

-Seven zero.

-70. 70.

-What's your price?

-25.

Danny's bids are lethal today, and he's not backing down.

25.

Yeah. Yeah.

He's told me 30.

I'll have a go at that.

Danny and his dangerous charm offensive

bagged the ancient book for £25.86,

and he nudges even further ahead with four purchases

to Jonty's two.

This is a lovely, decorative piece.

It's really getting my juices going

to want to get a bit of research done on it,

and find out what it really is.

It might be something special.

Jonty, I hope it is.

Looks like the heat's got to Danny.

All that's left is his hat.

Yes, with Danny's disguises foxing even Agent Jonty,

there really is no stopping him now.

Codename Del Boy has just found some early 20th-century industrial lights

and he's lit up.

When you talk about Decorative with a capital D,

you're talking this pair of lights here.

I spotted them, I love them.

This...

..is boombastic.

So, with the help of a friendly local translator,

Danny switches to haggle mode.

What's the very best price you can give me?

-180.

-150, we've got a deal.

I've got a right hard customer here.

These are absolutely beautiful.

I really like them. They don't look like a set of lights.

I know, hanging down over a bar, or something like that,

even in someone's house, in a kitchen...

Magnificento!

165.

We've got a deal.

The magnificento lights cost Danny just over £142,

and fortune is shining down on our foreign agent today.

He's made contact with the ultimate inside man

and is about to extract all his intel.

Listen to this.

Yves, it's an absolute pleasure to meet you.

It is nice to meet you as well.

Once I bought it, you turned round

and said you used to be in the company...

-Talk to me.

-You made a real great deal

buying this lumiere because I recognise in this lumiere

the glass refractor, it's not a reflector, it's a refractor,

refracting the light instead of reflecting it.

In the past, public lighting was not made

with bulbs, with electric bulbs.

-It was made with...

-Gas.

-With gas.

-Yes.

And this is why it was in glass, to withstand the heat.

This company made, for example, the refractor,

the glass lenses for lighthouses.

So, was it a good buy?

I mean, I paid 165 euros for it.

This lumiere is unique and it is worth much more than that.

So you did a great deal.

One, because you did not only buy a lumiere,

you buy a piece of history.

-Yes.

-So you did very well.

-Congratulations.

-That'll do me.

Thank you very much. Thank you.

Now, wasn't that a stroke of luck?

And talking of luck, across the market,

Jonty has just made an extraordinary discovery.

This is a lithograph by the great surrealist artist,

none other than Salvador Dali.

This is a limited edition and we have the number here, 160 of 250.

It's a great colour.

And you can tell that this is original

because you can see the impression in the plate.

If I flip it over...

..we see that we have a certificate on the back here,

which gives it authenticity.

What is your best price?

380?

If we do 360, I'll buy it.

Non... Non.

-370.

-No.

No, it's impossible.

OK. We'll buy at 380.

Jonty can't believe it.

A signed Dali for just under £328.

This...

is what I search the world for, high and low -

an etching by Salvador Dali.

This is so fantastic.

It really is very, very exciting.

It's entitled Voices Of My Beloved, and it was made by Dali in 1972.

He produced this on an etching board,

it would have been hand-coloured,

and then reproduced 250 times only,

and then that etching board would have been destroyed.

This is his pencil signature down here on the bottom

right-hand corner.

I paid, what, 380 euros for it.

And believe you me, it's worth an awful lot more money than that.

Hitman can barely conceal his glee.

Unaware of Jonty's artistic triumph,

Danny has decided his five French fancies are enough.

Well, I'm all bought up.

I wonder how Jonty is getting on.

I'm going to go and get myself something nice to eat.

Jonty, bon appetit.

While Danny chows down, Jonty is still keen to splash the cash.

And he's spied a deadly looking implement.

Well, I just think that's a bit of fun.

It's a baguette slicer.

How French is that?

We have a price tag of 65 euros.

If it was slightly less, then I could be in for a purchase.

TRANSLATION:

40? 40.

OK.

Tres bon. Jonty slices 20 euros off the asking price,

and shakes on £38.79.

Now, this is not strictly antique.

It's second-hand.

It's the kind of object that I know will sell back at home,

possibly to a deli, to a restaurant.

It's a flavour... A taste of France.

Jonty had better watch his fingers, and Danny had better watch his back

because The Hitman is closing in on his lead.

And he's spotted something he thinks will be perfect

for the modern spy about town.

This is so cool. Look at this.

This is an adjustable hat stand.

And look at the label on the top.

Paris. Wow!

So, it's sort of silver-plated, so it's brass.

And the silver plate is wearing away.

It has that lovely feel to it.

Date-wise, I would suspect that it's probably 1920s.

We've got an adjust...

So, in your shop window, you put your best bonnet,

your best bowler hat on top of that.

TRANSLATION:

-70.

-Would you take 50?

No, it's not possible for me.

-Yes. Yes, yes.

-Sorry,

it's not possible for me. Sorry, sorry.

-Not possible.

-So we are saying 70.

-OK.

-OK.

Hard man.

The seller wouldn't budge on price,

and the hat stand is his for £60.34.

And that's it.

The French file is closed.

Our secretive scavengers have finished their furtive market frisk

and it's time to tot up the totals.

They both started the day with £750 worth of their own euros to spend.

Jonty hopes he's created a covetable cash,

with his five purchases, costing £495.68.

But Danny is confident his hoard will win the day.

Five sellables for £478.44.

Time for a bit of show and tell.

-Hey.

-Danny boy.

Hey. What a day, eh?

-Fantastic.

-Best buy?

I'm going to go with my lights.

I absolutely love them.

Very impressive.

The chap who was the CEO of the company

that used to manufacture 'em,

he was at the market, he's given me all the info.

So he shone a light on it for you?

Ooh! I like it.

-I like it.

-I bought something for you.

Something to hang your hat on.

-Because that is lovely.

-Very nice.

-Very simple.

-Got Paris written all over it.

-All over it. It's all over it.

Even on the underside, as well.

You've got this needle and thread thing going on.

The haberdashery look.

You are a secret sewer, is that right?

Yeah, well, I'm thinking about stitching you up.

It's cool, it's funky.

It's a nice shape. But my piece of resistance...

..is my lovely signed Dali etching.

-Is it Dali?

-Absolutely.

That is Dali's signature there.

When I bought my lot, I thought, I've got this game wrapped up.

But now I'm getting worried.

Well, you should be worried because that's worth a lot of money.

Now, do you fancy a trip around the lake on a pedalo?

Of course I do. Let's talk about your Dali.

Battle weary and laden with booty, our duo head back to Blighty,

but there's no time to put their feet up as they undertake the

gargantuan challenge of selling all their French treasures.

They must hunt down buyers, haggle hard,

and maximise profits for their chosen charities.

Back at his Oxfordshire hideout, Jonty is surveying his wares.

Still looks good.

I was so pleased with my purchases in the south of France.

For every single object that I've got here, I'm very, very pleased with.

Starting off with the fawn...

It's not bronze, it's spelter, which is a cheaper alloy.

So I can't get too much for my little fawn, here.

But I still think it's a very, very decorative object.

The ice bucket, wow!

I will always find a home for that.

I love the fact it's silver-plated and we've got the crystal, there, as well.

But my best, best object has to be my signed Dali piece.

I was so excited when I stumbled across that.

That's from a series entitled The Song Of Songs of Solomon,

which is a set of 12 etchings, which demonstrates Dali's enthusiasm

for religious scenes.

It's on handmade paper and the very exciting thing, which I've discovered,

is that the gold that glistens on the top, here,

is literally gold dust applied to it.

So not only have we got a signed Dali piece, here,

we've also got gold as well.

It really is beautiful.

Jonty also needs to find buyers for his baguette cutter and hat stand.

In Wellingborough, Del Boy seems confused about which country he's in.

Bonjour, Bonjour.

What a beautiful day I had at Annecy.

And I've got some fantastic bits, let me tell you.

My favourite piece has got to be these public lights.

I mean, they're great. They're really decorative.

Having a closer look, I don't think they've got a lot of age to them.

But I'm not bothered about that.

I don't know where I'm going to sell them yet, but one thing's for sure,

wherever I do sell them, I want strong money.

Equally my favourite piece is this bank of drawers.

They're not really made that great.

I like it when I can see some distinctive dovetail joints.

But I'm not bothered about that.

What I'm bothered about is that they are decorative on the front.

On the face of these, they're absolutely cracking.

I tell you what, nice big lump, that.

It's a great decorative piece in a pharmaceutical company,

or in a chemist.

I just know that somebody is going to adore that piece as much as I do.

All said and done, I had a fantastic day and I've got one thing to say

to you, hit man, "Ferme la bouche!"

That is what I'm going to do to you when I've sold all this gear and

made a big profit.

That means shut your mouth! Charming.

As well as getting feisty in French,

Danny also has to find buyers for his Latin book and '50s sewing box.

Having evaluated their treasures, it's time to turn them all into

cold, hard cash.

Our brave profiteers waste no time getting straight on the road

and remember, until the crucial handshake, no deal is truly sealed.

First on the Hit Man's profit quest is the Oxfordshire town of

Wallingford, where he hopes to find his French fawn a home with vintage

storeowner, Sarah.

So, this is my fawn, which I bought in the south of France.

-Right.

-It's made of spelter.

And we've got this lovely marble base.

The base dates it to 1930.

-Right. Yeah.

-And the fawn is in just perfect condition.

-Very sweet.

-What do you think? Good impressions? Do you like it?

I like it a lot. I think at Christmas time,

it might be quite nice to have in our displays.

Yes? So the price for my fawn...

-Yeah.

-..is £80.

A little bit high.

You were going to say a little bit too dear, weren't you?

-It's a little bit dear, yes.

-It's not, it's a very nice dear!

Would you take 60?

-Yes.

-OK, thank you.

Thank you very much indeed.

The Hit Man doesn't mess around and pockets a speedy £25.52 profit.

Danny is in Northampton, where his first nibble of interest has come

from a fashion designer called Amanda.

I've brought along this sewing box.

Now, this is an iconic 1950s design.

-Is it?

-Absolutely fantastic. Yes.

It's Formica top, which is quite normal in the 1950s.

It is something that anybody who's into retro would really find very appealing.

But I think its home is here.

-Is it?

-I think so, yes.

-It depends on how much.

I would be really happy if you could cross my palm with £180.

-That's too much.

-It's just too much? It's too much.

What sort of price are you talking about, then?

I'm not going to pay more than £40.

-Oh, no, Amanda. We're way out.

-Why?

I mean, I bought this in France and it cost me a lot more money than that.

I'll give you £60.

No, we've got to go about it a bit more than that.

I really like it but I can't go any more than that.

70, that's it.

-And... I'm sweating.

-I'm also sweating. Can you see?

I wasn't sweating... I'll give you 65. That's it.

-70 and we've got a deal.

-No, no. 65.

-69.

-No, 65.

-69.

-65.

-68.

-65.

-68.

-65.

We'll go 66, job done. Lovely.

Blimey. Danny met his match, there.

And that's a somewhat bijou profit of just over £14.

What a negotiator.

And he doesn't have much more luck with his antique book,

selling it to a dealer in Lancashire for £40,

scraping himself just over £14 profit.

At Hit Man HQ in Oxfordshire, it's the moment of truth,

as Jonty's found a contact who's interested in Dali.

He's invited him over for a viewing.

-Ah, Perry.

-Jonty. Hi.

-How are you?

With framing costs, the early '70s etching owes Jonty over £388,

so the Hit Man needs to deliver a killer sales pitch.

So, Perry, here it is.

-Wow. Pretty good.

-First impressions?

Good. I like it. The thing like the gold at the top and the colours,

you know, just enough colour to make it interesting, not overdone.

I think it's pretty striking.

And if you take a closer look at this gold,

if you come and have a really good look, here, and you move around,

you can actually see the gold dust and I've not seen that in Dali works before.

So this was an etching that was produced by Dali called

The Voice of My Beloved.

And it's a very typical Dali because you've got this mass movement and

everything, of course, was surreal.

He was the surreal master of the 20th century.

Here we see it's a limited edition of 250.

And this is, of course, Dali's signature which is quite fantastic.

So, I've had it framed, and on the reverse, as well, is the certificate

that came with it from the gallery in France.

I shouldn't say it's too good, should I?

Because I know what's coming next.

But, yeah, I think it's a really, really nice painting.

-Really good.

-The price tag for this is £1,200.

I think it's worth every single penny.

You know, I was thinking more,

because I like round numbers, of £1,000.

If we could squeeze it up a bit I'm happy to do a deal.

-1,100 is fine.

-1,050.

I'm happy. 1,050 is lovely.

Perry, it's all yours.

And that, ladies and gents, is how you do it.

A colossal profit of over £661.

And even the Hit Man looks a trifle dazed.

Wow. £1,050.

Now that's what I call surreal.

Well, while Jonty regains his composure,

Danny is in south London hoping to make some proper cash

with his third French fancy.

He's brought his unusual drawers that owe him just under £121 to

show vintage furniture shop owner, Julie.

One thing I do notice you've got a lot in here,

you've got a lot of drawers.

We're the shop that sells tonnes of chests of drawers.

We probably sell five chests of drawers a week.

We need them all the time.

Plenty of drawers but you ain't got a bank of drawers.

-I haven't got a bank of drawers.

-No, you haven't.

I've got two swivel chairs coming in and I thought once that sofa goes

I'll put those in the window and this in the middle.

-It'll look brilliant.

-Oh, Julie.

So, I've sort of got, I had...

-You've got plans.

-I've got plans for it.

I've got to be honest, when you look at the corners,

they're kind of butted together.

I mean, you've been in the game a long time, you can see it for

yourself, you know. If they was, you know,

beautifully dovetailed and so forth then...

The price would be much higher than I'm going to get them from you.

-Need I say more.

-So, yeah.

But the front of it, it looks amazing.

It looks good. People are going to like it.

If it's in the window and they see it driving past they're going to go,

"Yeah, we like that."

So, Julie, all we've got to worry about now is the price.

Give us £350.

£350 is too high.

I think it's more like 200 quid.

-How about 300?

-No, 300's too high.

300's still too much?

It's still too much.

Two and three quarters, £275.

-You're getting there.

-Give us 260.

-I was going to go 200.

-Give us 240.

-240, done.

240, done. Lovely.

Thank you very much. Lovely doing business with you.

Julie fought her corner but Danny still walks away with over

£119 profit and he's back in the game.

So far Jonty has sold two of his five French treasures and banked a

whopping £687.20 profit.

Danny has done three deals but had a slow start with just under £148

profit in his pocket.

He may be sitting pretty but Hit Man Hearndon isn't kicking back and relaxing.

Oh, no. He's on his way to the pub, for work, not for pleasure.

Look what I've got. I've got my baguette cutter.

Now, I've brought it along to show Nicky who's the landlady of my

local watering hole. So, hopefully, she might be interested in cutting a deal.

Those jokes just never get better, do they?

Remember, this cost him nearly £39.

Ah, Nicky, hard at work, I see.

-Of course.

-Look what I've brought you.

-Lovely. What is this?

This, believe it or not, is a French bread cutter.

-Look at that.

-Oh, my goodness. That's quite scary.

-So you put your

baguette or roll or whatever it is there and away you go.

And I thought the perfect person for this would be you and your chefs.

-Yes.

-More to the point. Have you seen anything like that before?

-I haven't.

-Have a look at this.

The actual blade itself is in really good condition.

-How old is it, then?

-Probably no more than 40 years old.

So it's still in very much sort of working order.

-Yeah.

-But I just love the fact that, actually, if you have a look on the

blade there itself, there's a label there which says made in France and

I just think it's fantastic. It's a mere snip.

A mere snip?

-At £80.

-It's quite a bit.

I know it's quite a bit because it's a fine quality item we have here.

-65?

-I'd be more happy at 70.

-Yeah, that would be lovely.

-Fantastic, thank you very much.

-OK.

-Brilliant.

-Thank you.

Jonty nearly doubles his money adding just over £31 profit to

-his pot.

-I wonder how Danny's getting along

because I just keep on making dough.

Yes, thank you, Jonty.

Danny is keeping busy on the mean streets of London and is on the

trail of a buyer for his favourite item.

I've got me lights delivered to the Trafalgar Hotel.

Cara, she is the arts manager.

She looks after all the installations that's going on.

She's looked at me lights.

I'm just hoping they're going to be good enough to be housed there.

Come on, let's go and have a look.

He's had them rewired and safety tested so the lights now owe him

nearly £154.

-Cara.

-Hello, dear.

-How are you?

-I'm very well, thank you.

I'm seeing a great look of glee on your face when you're looking at

these lights. It looks like you're adoring them.

Well, they are very nice.

-They're lovely pieces.

-So, I bought them in France.

You know, these are quite special.

They're very decorative and they're very contemporary, they're very in,

-they're in trend.

-Absolutely, yeah.

-They're in vogue.

They've got this nice polished steel.

You know, it's got a great long chain,

which is quite nice, as well, when you sort of hang it from a high ceiling.

Yeah, nice and versatile.

They definitely would complement the style of the hotel, you know,

and the contemporary feel of the hotel and that's something that's

really important to us.

-Shall we talk money?

-Let's talk money.

I'd like to achieve round about £650 for the set.

-Right.

-What are you thinking?

-That's... That's...

There's a look of fear on your face.

Yeah, that is a lot more than what we would want to pay.

I mean, I do love how they look.

So, what sort of price have you got in mind?

We'd be looking more around the kind of £400 mark.

Can you push the boat out a little bit?

For you, Danny?

-For me.

-I mean, I would say 425.

-Can you say 475?

-I can say 450.

-460?

-450 would be wonderful.

-450.

-And we'll shake.

-If it's going to be wonderful, I'll have a deal at that.

-Excellent.

So, Danny walks away with a sparkling profit of over £296 on his lights.

You're never going to get a problem selling if you buy right.

I made a healthy profit so I'm happy.

Cara's happy. Everyone's a winner.

Just hopefully not you, Jonty.

Hm. Let's not mention Dali.

Jonty does still have two items left to find homes for, though.

And he's got a meeting with Oxfordshire milliner, Louise.

A milliner is somebody who makes hats, so I'm hoping I've got the

-perfect object for them.

-Yes, joining the dots there, Hit Man.

But can he turn a profit on the £60 purchase price?

-Louise, how are you?

-Hi, I'm well thank you.

-How are you?

-Good to see you.

-And you.

-Wow, look at this array of hats.

-Yeah, amazing, isn't it?

-So how many hats have you got, here?

-Roughly about 1,200 altogether.

Really? So over 1,000 hats?

-Yes.

-How many hat stands have you got?

Not... Well, I've got a few, but not that many.

I've brought you another one. Have a look at that.

Wow, that looks lovely. It has a nice weight to it, as well.

Yes. When I picked it up, it was so nice to see that because it's so important.

It is. Some of them, if they're too flimsy then that's not good for the hat.

Now, we've got these maker's marks on the top, here.

So this is the maker, VN Siegel, on the top, there.

But it's all repeated on the underside as well.

Oh, lovely, that's nice.

There's a sort of impressed mark on the base.

-Yeah.

-So this is sort of cast metal on the underside.

-Yes.

-And then it's all screwed.

So it goes up-and-down as well, so this adjusts.

-If I can just put that there.

-Yeah.

-Can you see that goes up like so?

You can adjust it to whatever height you want.

Very nice, yeah, nice height.

So, date wise, I think we're looking at 1920s.

So, it's brass but it's also been coated as well.

-OK.

-So the brass is actually coming through.

-I can see it there, yeah.

-So, do you like it?

-I do like it, yeah.

-OK.

It's ideal, it would be very good for showing off my bespoke pieces

-to customers when they're coming in for their meetings.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Price, I'm looking for £120 for it.

-About 90?

-I need a bit more.

-100?

-Uh, yeah.

-Deal.

-Yeah.

So, Jonty nets another tidy profit of just under £40 without even

breaking a sweat.

Very good, look at this.

Now, listen to me young Del Boy,

if you want to get ahead, go to a hat shop.

Yes, if you want good jokes, don't call Hit Man.

The last stop on his profit quest is to sell his crystal 1960s ice bucket

to contact, Fiona, in Oxfordshire.

-I'll do 70.

-Hm. 60?

Go on, then, 60 quid.

Topping up his coffers with a final £25.52.

See? That's how you do it, Danny. You've just got to be ice cool.

With Jonty over the finish line,

Danny's got a final London buyer up his sleeve.

He's brought his pestle and mortar to show natural herb supplier, Steve,

hoping for a profit on his £138 investment.

Don't you even think about making anything with that yet, Steve.

-You've not bought it yet.

-OK, Danny. Nice to meet you.

Pleasure. I've noticed that in your cabinets, here, you've got some...

We sell pestle and mortars and have done for as long as I can remember.

I mean, they are still made in the UK.

They would be grinding down the herbs,

so you grind down roots to make them easier to make infusions from.

We sell an awful lot of them and have done for as long as I can remember.

-So they are a popular...

-You just be careful, Steve.

You're making me put your... I'm thinking a bigger price for this

-piece here, now.

-Well, I don't think many people would be able to use this.

It's not really in the condition that you'd want it to be.

-It's not, no.

-I think it would make a very nice display item.

Well, I mean, Steve, you took the words right out of my mouth.

I bought it in France.

It's a great shame, really, that it didn't have a sort of date on it.

-Yeah.

-And I can't seem to find out where it was originally used.

It looks more like the type of pestle and mortar you'd use to get

the husks off corn and things like that.

But it's an interesting looking object.

I'm sure it's something that we'd like to have to display.

It just depends on the sort of money that you're looking for.

Well, I mean, I think it's quite rare.

What I do know is you won't find it on the high street, you know.

Wouldn't have thought you would've done, no!

I'd be happy with three and a half hundred quid.

I was thinking more like 200.

-What's the best you can do?

-The most I'm prepared to pay, 250.

265.

Call it 260 and we've got a deal.

We'll have a deal.

Del Boy just made himself over £122 profit on a rusty pestle and mortar.

Impressive.

Yes! That's me all finished up.

I always get a kind of feeling at this sort of time that the results

are going to be coming up soon, and all I've got to say...

Good luck, Jonty and may the best man win.

How very sporting. Now, both our experts took £750 worth of euros

to the market in France.

Jonty bagged himself five items with a total spend of £556.41,

including framing costs.

Danny also came home with five treasures, costing just under £490,

including electrical costs.

But, of course, all that matters now is profit.

All the money our delectable duo have made will go straight to their

chosen charities, so buckle up and prepare yourselves as we find out

who is today's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.

-Bonjour, Danny.

-Bonjour, monsieur.

-Annecy, what a market!

-What a beautiful place. Did you enjoy it?

-Oh, I loved it.

-That lamp I bought. Do you remember the lights?

-The industrial lights?

-That's right.

-Yeah.

Well, I sold them in the heart of London to a very grand hotel.

-Did you? Not a dealer?

-No, not a dealer.

They wouldn't pay enough.

So, you know, I got strong money for it there, but I must say,

on the other side of the coin, do you remember my sewing box,

-my 1950s sewing box?

-That dodgy looking thing.

Well, I loved it.

I thought it was absolutely fantastic.

But the lady who bought it off me,

she wasn't as keen on it as what I was because she gave me quite a...

-Hard time?

-Yeah, she did give me a hard time, yes.

-Well, she speaks my language, then.

-How did you get on, then?

-Well, just one word.

-Oh, it's the Dali!

-Dali.

-How did you get on?

-Well, I sold it.

-You sold it.

-Well, I had no doubt about that at all.

-For a small profit.

Hey, let's have a look in these suitcases and see how big those profits were.

Shall we have a look? One, two, three.

Oh, made a small profit!

You never made... I knew it was a big profit on that piece.

It was a great item. I'm really pleased, really pleased.

-Yes, pleased when you found it.

-But look at you, you've done so well, too.

-I've still got a foot in yet.

-Haven't we done well?

-We have done well.

-Well done.

So, Jonty stole the show with his amazing artwork, and he's delighted.

Well, was it ever in doubt?

It was the Dali what done it.

As soon as I saw that, I knew it was a winner.

Quite surreal, really.

Oh, gutted, pipped to the post.

But I always knew I was going to struggle against that Dali.

One thing's for sure, though, you just can't win them all.

But the Wellingborough wheeler dealer gets another chance at the

crown tomorrow, when our gents go head-to-head

at a fast-paced London auction.